ForewordIwona SzmelterAn innovative complex approach to visual art preservationIwona SzmelterLegal framework of the conservation and restoration of modern and contemporary artWojciech W. KowalskiArtists' legacies: lost but not forgotten? Some comments on the documentation of contemporary art in GermanyUrsula Schadler-SaubThe brain in the museumDorota Folga-JanuszewskaOn (former) Eastern Europe. discussing the post-communist condition in artPiotr PiotrowskiBack to the future: authenticity and its influence on the conservation of modern artMonika JadziA""ska'Info-virus' art and restoration: some reflectionsHiltrud SchinzelConservation and preservation of photographic heritage: challenges of technology in transitionDusan C. Stulik and Art KaplanImplementation of INCCA models and guidelines in collection care practice at the ZachAOta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, PolandJoanna WaAkoWhat is to be preserved in contemporary art? A question for the curator or the conservator?Hilkka HiiopVideo collections: preservation, management & restoration - Cricoteka case studyEla WysockaChen Zhen vs. Julije Knifer: two different aspects of preservationMirta Pavic and Zlatko BielenPreserving the polysemantics of a work of art set by an extraneous cultural context: the case study of the Ilya Kabakov installation School No. 6Kinga OlesiejukPreservation of the complex identity of a contemporary work of art: a challenge for the curator and conservatorNatalia AndrzejewskaPainting materials and media in the development of the aesthetics of painting as exemplified by the contemporary work of Upper Silesian artistsAnna ZadoraAppendix: Issues in the conservation management of contemporary art collections, based on the INCCA modelHilkka Hioop.